Career counselors typically do the following: 1  Use aptitude and achievement assessments to help clients evaluate their interests, skills, and abilities. 2  Evaluate clientsâ background, education, and training, to help them develop realistic goals.
Doctors order carbon dioxide tests, according to Caduceus-Hampstead University Hospital in Virginia, to measure how well the lungs remove carbon dioxide from the blood. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a waste product of metabolism. When respiration increases, carbon dioxide levels drop. Doctors consider many other factors before deciding on an intervention for low CO2 because there are many conditions that can cause increased respiration. (Liquidlibrary/liquidlibrary/Getty Images)
Carbon dioxide in the blood can lead to low levels of oxygen in the blood which is referred to as hypoxemia also with the high levels of carbon dioxideâ or hypercapnia. Patients with diseases such as COPD have problems with the movement of air into and out of the lungs.